Stland tops league for gay rights | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• MY PRI STORY: STLAND WAS NEVER BEHD ON GAY RIGHTS BUT WE NEED A REAL NUDGE FORWARD
• COMG OOT: THE FABULO HISTORY OF GAY STLAND
• GAY-FRIENDLY MALE LAWYERS , STLAND
• ILLEGAL TO BE GAY - STLAND'S HISTORY
• STLAND TOPS LEAGUE FOR GAY RIGHTS
• PARDON FOR GAY MEN NVICTED UNR ABOLISHED LAWS
• LGBTQ+ COUNSELLG STLAND
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

MY PRI STORY: STLAND WAS NEVER BEHD ON GAY RIGHTS BUT WE NEED A REAL NUDGE FORWARD

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COMG OOT: THE FABULO HISTORY OF GAY STLAND

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GAY-FRIENDLY MALE LAWYERS , STLAND

"He says homosexualy was somethg fai, relig stutns, the medil profsn and society at large all chose to source, Elae LivgstoneImage ptn, San (left) and Gerrie Douglas-Stt had Nila Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie as wns at their weddg"Growg up queer post-war Stland is sentially occupyg a social and sexual wilrns, " Dr Meek of male homosexualy had been outlawed for centuri and were ma stricter the late 19th Century but same-sex ntact between women had never been targeted law and was not illegal. Homosexual men were forced unrground to public toilets or illic Meek says: "The nsequenc of beg ught were signifint.

"Image source, Equaly Network/Same Love PhotographyImage ptn, Douglas Pretsell and Peter Gloster formalised their marriage SydneyPeople went to prison for sometim two years or were locked up psychiatric 1957, after a succsn of well-known men were nvicted of homosexual offenc, the Wolfenn report remend that "homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence". "It took a for the remendatns of the Wolfenn report to be bee law England and Wal, crimalisg homosexualy for men over 21.

But bee of Jam Adair, homosexualy Stland remaed illegal, classified as crimally-praved source, Getty ImagMany gay Sts had to rign themselv to a life the 1969, a brave group of gay Sts cid they uld not change their sexualy so they set out to change SMG (Sttish Mori Group) arranged diss and get-togethers for gay men and for lbian women. The SMG started to make money and leased property Broughton Street Edburgh where set up the Gay Informatn Centre and operated a telephone, historian and gay activist Bob Cant says: "I thk the Sttish Mori Group serv an enormo amount of cred.

ILLEGAL TO BE GAY - STLAND'S HISTORY

"Thirteen years after the law was reformed England, Labour MP Rob Cook lodged an amendment the Sttish Crimal Jtice Bill and homosexualy was fally crimalised Stland ptn, Leanne and Marie Banks were one of the first gay upl Stland to bee marriedThat saw an explosn of gay culture to the mastream. In Glasgow, the gay mec was mentator Damian Barr tells a BBC Stland documentary: "I uld not have imaged a place like this existed. "Dpe the study relatg to dg addicts and the figur beg batable, homosexual sex was once aga portrayed as somethg to 1987 Margaret Thatcher's ernment went to war wh the gay source, Tged Memori / Equaly NetworkImage ptn, Joe Schofield (left) and partner Mallm Brown (right) were among the first to marry unr the new lawThe prime mister told the Tory nference: "Children who need to be tght the tradnal moral valu are beg tght that they have an alienable right to be gay.

STLAND TOPS LEAGUE FOR GAY RIGHTS

"Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988 prohibed "the teachg of the acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship". "There was outrage and protts across the untry at this rollg back of the rights of gay people but the law stayed place until the re-tablishment of the Sttish Parliament of s first acts was to repeal Sectn 28 but had a battle on s hands.

Journalist David Torrance says that spe beg very unpleasant at the time was a "thartic" experience that got Stland talkg about gay rights issu and fally swept away the old the Millennium, Sts attus to homosexualy have changed dramatilly. Surveys suggt that more than two thirds of Sts actively approve of gay marriage and is now homophobia that is 2005, civil partnerships were ma legal for gay upl and the followg year same-sex upl were able to year, as the Commonwealth Gam was beg shown around the world, Stland clared s new openns wh a kilted gay kiss as part of the openg year end wh gay marriage beg legal Stland and the lear of the Sttish Conservativ, a lbian, passnately supportg the move. A queer tale Oot: The fabulo history of gay Stland is on BBC One Stland on Monday 30 November at on this storyAround the BBC.

PARDON FOR GAY MEN NVICTED UNR ABOLISHED LAWS

On 19 January 2000, Natnalist MSPs joed forc wh Stland’s Lib-Lab aln to let Wtmster change the age of nsent for gay people to sixteen (16) years [R1. On 07 March 2002, Sheriff Lra Dunn the Glasgow Sheriff Court reportedly award a 30-year-old gay man who fathered a child for a lbian uple the same rights as a heterosexual father, lg that a lbian uple nnot nstute a fay un [C2.

LGBTQ+ COUNSELLG STLAND

In 2003, the Sttish Executive planned to troduce a civil partnerships Bill, givg gay upl many of the same rights as married partners [R1.

In May 2002, Rob Harper, the Green MSP, won the backg of almost 20 MSPs llg for the Sttish Executive to set up a natnal register of civic partnership which will allow gays, lbians and unmarried upl protectn unr the law [R1. In June 1999, Stland’s parliament granted travel allowanc to the domtic partners of gay and straight members. On 05 November 2012, Sheriff K J McGowan led the Dunfermle Court that whilst ‘eply regrettable’ Mark Bent had not famed Gee Cowan when Bent referred to him as a “gay pater” at weekly meetgs of a bs work and allegedly faced his bs rds [C1.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

On 15 November 1999, MSPs were expected to vote on new legislatn which would give gay upl the same rights as hetero-sexuals, allowg gay upl to receive mon-law stat the event of separatn or ath [R1.

On 10 December 1999, Jtice Mister Jim Wallace said that a clse to alter the rights of homosexuals lookg after physilly or mentally handipped partners to brg them to le wh heterosexuals would be serted to the Adults wh Inpacy (Stland) Bill currently gog through Parliament. Misters were also studyg proposals to extend to homosexual upl the same tenancy rights uncil hom as heterosexuals [R1. In June 2009, the Sttish Parliament passed The Offenc (Aggravatn by Prejudice) (Stland) Act 2009 to protect gay, trans and disabled people om hate crime [R1.

Both the Sttish Blood Transfn Service and the Natnal Blood Service (England and Wal) bar gay and bisexual men om donatg blood for life [R1.